General Meeting, Oct 2nd, 1852 9 xxxy. 



Minutes of the Society, and conveyed by the Secretary to his 

 family. 



*' That this Meeting do record their sense of the loss this Society has 

 sustained by the premature and lamented death of their late Secretary, 

 Capt. W. F. Smith Neill, R. A. On his removal from Colombo by Mili- 

 tary arrangements, he ceased to act as the Secretary of the Society ; but 

 wherever he was stationed, his youthful aspirations, the literary and scien- 

 tific turn of his mind, and his anticipations of future fame, were calculated 

 to be of benefit. Stirring up the indolent, shaming the negligent, and 

 infusing into Society an impulse which, with a growing maturity of ex- 

 perience, might have led to valuable results; this Society, and the 

 limited community of a literary character of this place, can ill afford the 

 loss of such Members as Capt. Neill." ' ■ 



Proposed by Mr. Alwis, seconded by Mr. Coomarasamy, 

 " That this recommendation of the Managing Committee be 

 agreed to and entered on the Society's Minutes." — Carried 

 unanimously. 



Moved by Mr. E. L. Layard, " That the sum of £5 be 

 granted for the purchase of instruments and materials for the use 

 of the Museum, and that the Managing Committee be autho- 

 rised to employ a person as Taxidermist and Librarian, at the 

 rate of £3 per mensem, until the next Anniversary Meeting." 

 Seconded by Rev. D. J. Gogerly, supported by Mr. J. De 

 Alwis. — Carried. 



Moved by Mr. Dalziel, seconded by Mr. E. L. Layard 5 

 u That a copy of the Eules of the Society, signed by the Pre- 

 sident and the Secretary, be suspended in some conspicuous 

 place in the Society's Rooms, and that any alterations or ad- 

 ditions be from time to time inserted as they occur, and signed 

 as before,"—- Carried. 



Moved by the Rev. D, J. Gogerly, and seconded by Lieut. - 

 Colonel Wilson," That the Secretary do convey to His Excel- 

 lency Sir G. W. Anderson the thanks of this Society for the 

 kind and timely assistance afforded to it, by permitting the 

 publication of its Journals at the Government Press."— Car- 

 ried by acclamation. 



